Welcome to The Croix Studio

• A cozy, thoughtfully designed newborn photography studio is now open in New Richmond, WI at The Croix Studio.
• No need to clean or prepare your home—just arrive and relax during your newborn session.
• Soft, professional lighting creates timeless, consistent images year-round (even during Wisconsin winters).
• All wraps, props, and styling are provided—simple, neutral, and emotion-focused Studio sessions are calm, slow, and designed to honor your postpartum season.
• Newborn safety is a top priority with APNPI certification and a fully controlled environment. Heirloom albums and printed artwork turn your images into lasting family keepsakes.
• Perfect for expecting parents and families with newborns in the New Richmond & St. Croix Valley area.

When the Setting Matches the Tenderness of the Moment

There is something about those first days with a newborn that feels both enormous and impossibly small. The weight of your baby in your arms. The soft light falls across the room. The quiet that somehow coexists with the fullness of everything you are feeling.

And somewhere in the middle of all of that, you want it documented. Beautifully, gently, truthfully.

That is exactly what led me to write about something I have been genuinely excited about – a dedicated studio space right here in New Richmond, WI, and what it means for the families I have the honor of photographing.

If you haven’t had a chance to read my post about The Croix Studio, I’d encourage you to because this space changed something for me. It clarified a vision I’ve held for a long time about what a newborn session could – and should – feel like.

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The Truth About Preparing for a Newborn Session at Home

I want to say something gently here, because I mean it with so much compassion.

You do not need to clean your house before your newborn session.

You do not need to clear out a room, move furniture, worry about the dog toys on the floor, or apologize for the laundry pile that has been living on the couch since week thirty-six of your pregnancy.

You are postpartum. You are healing. You are learning the rhythm of a brand-new human being who has no interest in your schedule.

The last thing this season needs is one more thing on your to-do list.

A studio session removes all of that. You simply arrive. Everything else is already waiting for you.

What the Studio Offers That You Can’t Replicate at Home

Professional Lighting That Does the Work for You

One of the most meaningful advantages of a dedicated studio space is the lighting – and I don’t say that lightly. Professional studio lighting is controlled, consistent, and intentional. It wraps around your baby with softness. It illuminates the details that matter: the eyelashes, the curve of a tiny ear, the way your hand looks holding theirs.

Natural light in a home is beautiful, but it changes. It depends on the time of day, the cloud cover, which direction your windows face. Studio lighting removes those variables entirely, so every image has that warm, timeless quality regardless of the season or the weather outside.

In Wisconsin, winters especially, this matters.

Everything Is Already There

The wraps. The props. The carefully chosen elements that complement rather than distract. In a studio setting, every detail has been selected with intention – nothing cluttered, nothing trendy for the sake of being trendy. My style has always been simple, clean, and rooted in emotion rather than things. The studio reflects that.

You don’t have to source anything. You don’t have to guess. You arrive, and you settle in.

An Experience Worth Anticipating

Coming into a studio for your newborn session is the kind of milestone you look forward to and remember. It isn’t just a photo appointment. It is a soft, slow, honoring of this season – one that has been thoughtfully prepared for your family before you ever walk through the door.

There is something meaningful about entering a space that exists solely for this purpose. A space that says: you and your baby matter enough for this.

Professional Albums and Heirloom Products

A studio experience also opens the door to something I feel deeply about – tangible, lasting artwork. Professional albums. Prints your family can hold and pass down. Gifted products for grandparents who live for these images.

Digital files have their place. But there is nothing like a beautifully bound album sitting on a coffee table, or a framed print on the wall that stops you every time you walk past it. The studio setting elevates the entire experience from a session into a legacy.

Safety Is Always at the Center

I want to speak to this directly, because it matters more than anything else I could offer.

I am newborn safety certified through APNPI. Every pose, every wrap, every moment in a session – studio or otherwise – is approached with your baby’s safety as the highest priority. In a studio environment, that care is even more supported. The space is controlled, the temperature is managed for your newborn’s comfort, and nothing is improvised.

You can exhale. Your baby is in steady, trained hands.

This Is the Season That Deserves to Be Honored

Newborn days are numbered in a way that feels abstract until suddenly they aren’t—the weight shifts. The newborn curl softens. The tiny clothes get folded into a bin you’re not quite ready to seal.

A studio session is one way to say: I was here. We were here. And it was tender and real and worth remembering.

I am genuinely moved by what this space at The Croix Studio makes possible – not just technically, but emotionally. It is a setting built for presence, for slowness, for the kind of session that feels less like a photoshoot and more like a breath you finally got to take.

If you are expecting, or if your baby has just arrived, I would love to talk with you about what this experience could look like for your family.

Let’s Create Something You’ll Cherish for Generations

Reach out through www.alabasterphotos.com to learn more about newborn sessions at The Croix Studio in New Richmond, WI. Whether you are just starting to plan or your due date is weeks away, I am here to walk alongside you through every part of this.

You deserve a space designed for this season.

Your baby deserves to be seen exactly as they are.

And these images deserve to last a lifetime.